BROWSE
townland
Eadarbhaile
genitive: Eadarbhaile
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Adderville
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    in-between town(land)?

    Mar atá i gcás Eadarbhaile i bParóiste Inis Caoil, tá gleann suntasach sa bhaile fearainn seo. B’fhéidir go dtagraíonn eadarbhaile do bhaile (fearainn) atá suite idir dhá ard sa dá chás, mar sin.

  • English

    land between two town(land)s?; in-between town(land)?

    As is the case with Eadarbhaile in the parish of Inis Caoil, there is a significant valley in this townland. It may be that eadarbhaile refers to a town(land) situated between two heights in both cases.

Centrepoint

55.2418, -7.43476latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1801
Addervill
McCrea DG
1835
Eadarbhaile
'central town'
OD:AL
1835
Adderville
OD:AL
1835
Addervill
Stat. Surv. (DG)
1835
Adervil
Finné:AL Revd. Mr Molloy
1835
Addervill
CM:AL
1835
Adervil part of Donally church land
BS Sketch Map:AL
1969
ɛˈdərˌvil; ˈadərˌvillə [caint i mBéarla]
"between the towns, there were an upper end and a lower end of it... so it may be some place in between"
Áit.

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